Definition of Masquerade

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Masquerade

An assembly of persons wearing masks, and amusing themselves with dancing, conversation, or other diversions.

A dramatic performance by actors in masks; a mask. See 1st Mask, 4.

Acting or living under false pretenses; concealment of something by a false or unreal show; pretentious show; disguise.

A Spanish diversion on horseback.

To assemble in masks; to take part in a masquerade.

To frolic or disport in disquise; to make a pretentious show of being what one is not.

To conceal with masks; to disguise.

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Masquerade Quotations

And, after all, what is a lie? 'Tis but the truth in a masquerade.
Alexander Pope

The closing years of life are like the end of a masquerade party, when the masks are dropped.
Cesare Pavese

You get quick money, it's beautiful, there's sunshine, but at the end of the day, you find out it's all a masquerade, baby. It's not what it seems.
Wyclef Jean

It is kind of tedious after a while, to parse politicians doing the same thing over and over again. The facts change from week to week, but the sort of masquerade doesn't.
Frank Rich

During times of war, hatred becomes quite respectable even though it has to masquerade often under the guise of patriotism.
Howard Thurman

The bases for historical knowledge are not empirical facts but written texts, even if these texts masquerade in the guise of wars or revolutions.
Paul Deman

Masquerade Translations

masquerade in Dutch is maskering
masquerade in French is mascarade
masquerade in German is Maskerade
masquerade in Spanish is mascarada
masquerade in Swedish is maskerad

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